Wind Power

Winds were really making for some great opportunities on this day in

Death Valley. I ran up this dune to catch 10 minutes or so of fleeting

light as the sun dipped towards the horizon. My friend James was down

below. You saw his shot about 20 minutes prior to this.

Interestingly, the light would catch the blowing sand only after it

was separated from the dune a little bit, leaving mostly shadow to the

left of the ridge. Initially I wasn't sure if that would work as well

in the picture but I ended up liking it. Ideally, I might have liked

to shoot this around 1/500 to completely freeze the sand in the air

but it was already late in the sunset I just didn't want to push the

ISO that high.

1/50 second, ISO 400, f/8, single exposure, Canon 1Ds III with Nikon

14-24 at 24mm. Processed intentionally high contrast.

You never cease to amaze me with your images, Marc.  This one is no exception.  The lighting is superb, the composition fantastic.   I like the way the could above the dune mirrors the final direction of this dune.  The warmth in the image is really nice too.  I keep thinking I need to go to full frame as the images I see made with full frame cameras has such incredible detail.  All the best, Marc, and keep them coming.

Paul

Full of textures,great time for exposure,superb leading lines,stunning colors,but cropping it in square format could give more &more fantastic effect as a whole image !!!!

Beautiful colours and composition. Congrats.

excellent again. light, colors, leading lines all top quality.

Congrats.

Marc,

A wonderful image ,indeed.

I noted that you used the excellent Nikon 12-24 on your Canon DSLR.

I, too, often use cross platforms to assure the best lens for the task.

Nice work !

Regards,

Mike

This is awesome! Very good job, Marc.

Fantastich ligth and colors. Love the clouds too :)

Hats off to you! Always on top.

Amazing play of light & colors. Very good shot of pristine landscape.

Beautiful perspective, nice colours and nice contrast.

Fantastic image. 

Best regards,
Ben

Marvelous Marc...

Nice!

I like photos!!

the composition is just great. I like the shapes around the frame and that upper cloud coming across but one of the things that strike me the most is the color and saturation of the sand it is just fantastic.

Regards,

Alex

For me this is one of the best photos I've ever seen!!

Lots of compliments!

E

Beautifull Image........Best regards........